GLOSSARY 



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Cyme, a broad and flattened branched 

 flower-cluster of which the middle 

 flower opens first. 



Cymose, bearing, or relating to cymes. 



Deciduods, applied to those parts of a 

 flower which fall when the fruit is 

 formed, or to trees whose leaves fall 

 in autumn. 



Decompound, several times divided. 



Decussate, in pairs, alternately at right 

 angles. 



Deflexed, bent, or turned abruptly down- 

 wards. 



Dehiscent, opening spontaneously when 

 ripe, as seed capsules. 



Depressed, sunk down, hollowed, as if 

 flattened from above. 



Dicotyledon, a plant with two seed- 

 leaves. 



Digitate, fingered, a compound leaf in 

 which all the separate parts spring 

 directly from the apex of the petiole, 

 as in ScheMpt'd' 



Dilated, expanding into a blade, as 

 though flattened. 



Dioecious, i'. p. 44. 



Dimorphism, v. p. '29'2. 



Disk, a circular development, usually of 

 the receptacle within the flower, 

 sometimes consisting only of a ring of 

 prominences, which secrete nectar. 



Dissected, applied to a leaf, divided into 

 numerous irregular i)ortions. 



Divai'icating, spreading asunder at a 

 wide angle, extremely divergent. 



Drupe, a stone fruit, such as a plum. 

 (The fruit of Mubus is an aggregation 

 of drupes). 



EcoLOor, the study of plant-life in 



relation to environment. 

 Embryo, the rudimentary plant formed 



within the seed. 

 Endemic, confined to a certain locality, 



peculiar to a country. 

 Entire, applied to a leaf of which the 



margin is not indented. 

 Epidermis, v. p. 40. 

 Epigynous, placed on the ovary, applied 



to corolla and stamens. 

 Epipetalous, seated on the petals. 

 Epiphyte, v. pp. 20, 21. 

 Epiphytic, growing on other plants by 



way of support. 

 Exserted, protruding beyond, as stamens 



beyond the tube of the corolla. 

 Exstipulate, without stipules. 



Fascicle, a dense cluster of flowers, 

 leaves, stems, or roots. 



Filament, a slender thread, the stalk of 



the anther, v. p. 43. 

 Filiform, thread-like. 

 Flaccid, weak, flabby. 

 Flexuous, bending alternately in different 



directions. 

 Floret, a small flower, one of a cluster of 



compound flowers. 

 Florula, a small flora, the botanic 



account of a small district. 

 Foliaceous, leafy, leaf-like in texture. 

 Foliate, clothed with leaves. 

 Foliolate, provided with leaflets. 

 Follicle, a fruit of one carpel, opening by 



the inner or anterior seam. 



Glabrous, smooth, shining, without 



hairs. 

 Gland, an organ for secreting oil or other 



liquids on the surface of some part of 



the plant. It sometimes ends in a 



hair or bristle. 

 Glandular, bearing glands. 

 Glaucous, sea-green, covered with a 



bloom, as a cabbage-leaf. 

 Gluten, a tough nitrogenous substance 



occurring in grain after the removal 



of starch. 

 Glutinous, covered with a sticky 



e.xudation. 



Halophtte, v. pp. 42 and 155. 



Hastate, spear-shaped. 



Herbaceous, a term api)lied to plants 



without a woody stem. 

 Hermaphrodite, v. p. 44. 

 Heterophylly, the occurrence of leaves of 



more than one form upon the same 



stem. 

 Hoary, grey with fine hairs. 

 Host, the plant from which a parasite 



draws its nourishment. 

 Hybrid, a plant obtained liy the 



application of the jjollen of one 



species to the stigma of another. 

 Hydrophyte, a water-plant, v. p. 42. 

 Hypogyuous, seated beneath the ovary. 



Imbricate, overlapping, like the scales of 



a fish. 

 Indehiscent, applied to fruits which do 



not open along regular lines to 



liberate the seed. 

 Indigenous, native to a country. 

 Inferior, below some other organ ; e.g., 



calyx below ovary. 

 Inflorescence, the arrangement of the 



flowers and flower-stalks. 

 Inosculate, to grow together at points. 

 Insolation, exposure to the direct rays of 



the sun. 



